Sleigh.



W. WALPOLET SLEIGH.' APPLICATION FILED SEPT.13, 1909.

Patentedjune 14, 1910.

UNTTEU HTATEH PATENT @FFTQE. I

WILLIAM WALPOLE, OF OXENDEN, ONTARIO, CANADA.

SLEIGI-I.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WALPOLE, of the village of Oxenden, in thecounty of Grey and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Sleighs; and I hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to a double bench knee for connecting the upperpart of the sleigh to the sleigh runner, so that the upper part of thesleigh will be maintained in its normal position regardless of theirregularities of the road over which the sleigh is traveling, bypermitting either runner of the sleigh to oscillate for a reasonabledistance independently of the other.

For an understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing description and to the accompanying drawings in which Figure1, is a perspective view of part of the sleigh showing the constructionof the sleigh knee. Fig. 2, is a vertical cross sec tion of the sleighknee and runner. Fig. 3, is a side View of the sleigh knee.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts throughout thespecification and drawings.

Fitted on the top of the sleigh runner a is a grooved base Z) havingflanges 70 and m which overlap the runner sides 61 and c, and projectingfrom the base 7) is a block f having two semi-circular rockers g and harranged in parallel planes and separated by an unoccupied annular space2'.

Between the semi-circular rockers g and h, with its circumferential edge70 in contact with the bottom of the annular space i is a rocker Z forthe bench bed m. The under side of the bench bed m, on either side ofthe rocker Z is concaved to receive the curved surfaces of thesemi-circular rockers g and h, and is provided with flanges n and 0 toengage the .outer side faces of the rockers g and it so as to preventthe lateral move- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 13, 1909.

Patented June ME, 1910.

Seria1 No. 517,532.

ment of the parts, this movement being further prevented by theengagement of the rocker Z, with the inner faces of the rockers g and h.The rockers g, h, and Z are rockably connected by a pin 20, which passesthrough annular apertures g and r in the rockers g and h, and through anannular aperture .9, in the rocker Z.

At the ends of the arms 1) and w of the bench bed m are bench plates 00and y having grooves t and u in which are contained the ends of thebeams a and b the arms 4) and on being braced by webs .2 and z integralwith the bench bed m. A sand board 0 is rigidly attached to the beams aand 7), near their centers to support the bunk d and the end of thereach 6 which are fastened to the said'sand board 0 near its center bymeans of the king bolt f which passes down through the bunk cl, reach eand sand board 0. The ends of the arms 4) are formed with slotted hingeparts i), to which, and to the toes of the runners, are connected rods0.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

In a sleigh in combination, a runner, a sleigh knee consisting of a baseattached lengthwise to the runner and having side flanges engaging theouter surfaces of the side faces of the runner, and two upwardlyextending rockers, a bench bed having a downwardly extending rocker toenter the unoccupied space between the rockers of the base, and benchplates attached crosswise of the bench arm, the cross beams beingsupported on the arms of the bench plate, a hinge member at the frontend of the bench arms, and a stay rod pivotally connected to the hingemember and to the runner.

Toronto, September 13th, 1909.

WM. WALPOLE.

Signed in the presence of" C. H. Thomas, H. L. GRIMBLE.

